Pregnancy into Parenting is an adventure.
Let us be your guide.
Becoming a parent may be the most transformational journey we ever take; one that shapes us in ways we couldn’t have predicted. Pregnancy, birth, and early life with a newborn are some of the most sacred times in our lives. For these three amazing journeys, we’ve created one beautiful community.
During this season of great change, many new families wonder how they will incorporate time for each other, time for yourselves, adventure for your spirit, and how to be intentional about it all through life with a growing family.
Three Journeys is here to help families through this wonder-full transition. It’s a community for families who live intentionally, compassionately and for those seeking help navigating the unfamiliar terrain in a way that resonates with their own way of living life.
Get to know Molly!
I’m Molly McDonald, developer and lead coach of Three Journeys.
With a multi-disciplinary approach developed from nearly three decades of supporting families, I have created a community that helps you quiet the noise and learn to trust your intuition when navigating this challenging time. I’ll help you find the community you want and give you the tools you need to successfully move through this amazing transformation to parenthood.
My background is in Resilience Coaching, Developmental Psychology, Massage Therapy, and Yoga/Movement for optimal pregnancy and the first year of life. I've also spent considerable time creating resources for developing emotional intelligence at every stage. Over the years, I have put my training and knowledge to work for families facing a variety of challenges – from a baby who struggles to eat or sleep to a relationship that is feeling strained from the addition of a new member – I'm here to help you through it all!
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HOW CAN THE THREE JOURNEYS COMMUNITY HELP ME?
Comfort, Confidence & Connection
Three Journeys is your guided trekking experience through pregnancy, birth, and the first year of life. Community membership gives you access to a supportive community, all by simply logging in. It's a place for you to wrap yourself in a cozy, relatable blanket of knowledge stemming from both science and spirit. If you’re looking for non-judgmental communication—free of the false pretense of the social media version of parenting—Three Journeys is for you. Avoid Google’s rabbit hole and instead, discover what’s ‘right’ for you and your family. By connecting with other parents who are learning and growing together, you will strengthen your inner voice and feel more confident in your parenting.
TAD: Touch-A-Day Welcoming Baby-E-Course
Who says your baby doesn't come with a custom manual? This 12-week, daily video course helps you connect with your tiny human in meaningful ways through the entire 4th trimester. Each day, you receive a short, simple video on how you can create a sense of connection with your baby.
Complete Baby-Proofing-Your-Partnership Course
Your children will learn more about how to be a good human from you and your partner than from anyone else in the world. Let's make sure you are modeling what you value! Your baby isn't the only one growing in this process.
First Year of Life:
Night and Day Q&A Responses to your burning questions within
Avoid the Google rabbit-hole and get answers to your burning questions in this safe and private community forum without the distraction of mainstream social media during this tender time! You have questions, and the Three Journeys Community can help!
Live Weekly Group Coaching Calls with Molly
Sometimes you just need a trusted ear to bounce your thoughts off or someone to answer your questions. Big issues or little ones, you are not alone! The insights we collectively share in this community have the potential to create ripples of goodness, kindness, self-awareness, and compassion in the world for years to come.
Like-minded non-judgemental community
The world and social media can be difficult spaces to navigate in these tender times of life. This community helps you practice your compassion as well as your empathy and humanity. No one is perfect, but this is the perfect time and place to grow your evidence based communication skills through what can be a difficult time in life.
Trusted Community Support
Whatever you are experiencing, you’re likely not the first to experience it! Support from others facing the same issues and from those who have gained the wisdom of experience is invaluable. The Three Journeys Community is your village.
Fears, Doubts, and More
Fears, Doubts, and More
Spoiler alert – all your fears are normal!
We all have fears, doubts, and questions heading through the journeys of pregnancy, birth, and the first year of life. They can range from practical/logistical fears to what may feel like ‘bizarre’ thoughts. I assure you, nearly all of them are questions some parent before you has struggled with. Here are just a few common issues we’ve seen:
Spoiler alert – all your fears are normal!
We all have fears, doubts, and questions heading through the journeys of pregnancy, birth, and the first year of life. They can range from practical/logistical fears to what may feel like ‘bizarre’ thoughts. I assure you, nearly all of them are questions some parent before you has struggled with. Here are just a few common issues we’ve seen:
Childbirth
- How will I handle the pain of childbirth?
- How will I feel seeing my partner go through labor and delivery and is there a way for me to help?
- What if the birth doesn’t go as I hoped?
- How do I move forward despite still processing emotional and/or physical scars of our birth?
- Will my baby be 'behind' if I end up having a cesarean birth?
Adjusting to a New Family Life
- I have so many fears about sleeping, such as what if my baby has a hard time sleeping, and is co-sleeping bad?
- How do I choose what is right and safe for my family?
- What if my partner and I don’t agree on how to handle parenting?
Caring for & Connecting with the Baby
- Why isn’t my baby able to breastfeed easily? What if my baby cries all the time?
- Is it normal to be annoyed or feel agitated by my baby?
- How do I know what my baby needs?
- What if my baby isn’t meeting their ‘milestones’ in development?
- What if my baby and I don’t 'connect' right away?
- Will I ‘ruin’ my baby if I decide I don’t want to breastfeed?
- How do I know what is best for my family when it comes to feeding choices and decisions?
Our values:
Our community is one of shared values.
After all, we are all just trying to do our best to grow our families with love and compassion.
The Three Journeys Community is based on these core principles:
Compassionate Communication:
Learning to express ourselves without invalidating others
Developing Resilience:
Helping our children build the confidence and security to navigate the waves of life
Emotional Intelligence:
Building this valuable skill into your family life to bolster your child for a lifetime
Practicing your values:
Modeling for your child the self-care practices and values that are most important to you... 'being' over 'teaching' the things you value.
Intentional living:
Prioritizing what’s important and cultivating time in your life to put these values into practice
FAQ
FAQ
Common Questions as families consider joining Three Journeys
You've never had this child yet, so YES, in fact, you will likely find it very helpful. You may even have some interesting insights, reflections and healing around your existing parenting adventures.
No! If your baby is under four months of age, you will still find incredible benefits from being a part of the Three Journeys community over your next 12 months.
If you are someone who believes that time is a precious commodity, and consider yourself to be conscious, intentional, and maybe even ambitious...you will fall in LOVE with Three Journeys. If you are even just AIMING to live life from this abundant perspective but don't have it all figured out just yet, we help you practice and grow these values and model them to your children. It takes our big-picture parenting goals and breaks them down into tiny, daily digestible habits to weave into your family for life… from before the time your baby is even born!
Join when you are ready to start having community around your experience. Parents typically find 18 weeks pregnant and beyond are perfect for joining! There are some key practices you can build into your wellness from 20+ weeks gestation that you will appreciate knowing ahead of time. We also find that parents get the most of this programming if they begin before their child is 5 months of age, not because it become obsolete at that time (far from it, we are usually just getting started), but because there is so much we can do through pregnancy and especially the first 1-2 weeks of life.)
One membership purchase to the Three Journeys Community provides access for you plus one other primary caregiver (partner, spouse, best friend, grandparent, etc). This includes whomever you consider to be the child’s other primary support person in life! We often find that partners dig into the ample content provided in the video series even more than the birthing parent. We love that it is designed for any caregiver, not just the birthing parent.
We are all evolving from one generation to the next, and parenting is no different. Each generation generally has ways in which they want to do ‘better.’ In Three Journeys, we believe everyone sincerely wants what’s best for their child, regardless of their background, experience, and views of the world. How much you follow the playbook that was modeled to you versus how much you pave your own path is up to you. Three Journeys loves having conversations about how to navigate these decisions while compassionately communicating differing ways of parenting between generations. Often making these changes in the way we parent requires conversations about healthy boundaries with other family members. Interestingly, we have found these often create opportunities for healing along the way.
There are so many reasons families choose to have a scheduled cesarean birth. We are so grateful for the scientific advancement that allows us the opportunity for cesarean births where appropriate. YOU are the only one who gets to choose what is appropriate for your birth, and we support that! We also love the opportunity to discuss ways in which you can make this a beautiful, spiritual experience and rite of passage for your family alongside the medical aspects of the birth event.
YES to both! Click the link here to purchase this as a gift. It will prompt the purchaser to complete the necessary payment information and will put Three Journeys in contact with the family receiving the gift. We recommend that the receiving family take advantage of a free ‘Discovery Call’ with Molly prior to the purchase of the gift. Not everyone wants to take part in a community forum as some families are more private and therefore, the full program may not a good fit for everyone. To create a truly cohesive and collaborative space, it’s important for both Molly and the family to connect prior to purchase to make sure we find the ideal support format for your unique family.